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Kateeva, the US-based maker of the Yieldjet OLED printing system, says it has closed its Series D round with $38 million in financing. The newest participant was Samsung Venture Investment Corporation, joining existing investors which also contributed, including Sigma Partners, Spark Capital, Madrone Capital Partners, DBL Investors, New Science Ventures and VEECO Instruments, Inc. The … Read more
Adobe recorded a net profit of $44.7 million on turnover of $1 billion in the third quarter of the year, which compares with a net profit of $83 million on turnover of $995.1 million in Q3 of the previous year. Adobe’s net profit in the first nine months of the year was down 19.7% at … Read more
Sony wants to be ‘the Netflix of gaming’, chief executive of Sony’s game unit Andrew House has said. The company, which acquired cloud-gaming service Gaikai in 2012 (Display Monitor Vol 19 No 27), intends to develop a service to stream games to many devices – not just those made by Sony.
Scaler vendors MStar, Novatek and Realtek have been named as being in a collaboration with AMD. The companies will build devices with DisplayPort Adaptive-Sync and Freesync by the end of the year. The aim of the scalers will be to complement new monitors being launched in Q1’15, which will support the technologies. Display Daily Comments … Read more
Fraunhofer FEP will present the results of its works on flexible electronics at Plastic Electronics 2014 (7th-9th October in Grenoble, France). As well as displays, the institute has examined devices such as flexible lighting elements and circuit boards. A roll-to-roll process line is used by Fraunhofer FEP (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 20). The line … Read more
Cheng Lixin, CEO of ZTE North America, has said that the company aims to double sales in the US market this year. That would put total device sales at 20 million units. The intent is to become the 3rd-largest smartphone vendor in the country within 2-3 years. Cheng, speaking in Shaghai, said, “It doesn
Apple’s launch of the iPhone 6 came as no surprise. The company opted to stream the event as live video. There must have been millions of people clogging the internet, since all I got was some scrambled pictures between seconds of video without audio! All the rumours about round edges on the new iPhone are … Read more
Barco is working with musical artists Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga to promote its panoramic, three-screen cinema concept, Barco Escape (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 37). Their performance at the Grand Palace in Brussels, which took place this month, will be shown in Barco Escape locations early next year.
A simulation display solutions roadshow, highlighting Christie projectors, will run on 8th October in Dayton, Ohio. Registration is free; visit http://tinyurl.com/om3dpel.
Nominations are now being accepted for Digital Signage Expo’s 12th annual Apex Awards, for digital signage installations and content. To qualify, nominees must have a new or current signage/interactive technology programme, installed between 1st November 2013 and 1st November 2014. The deadline for submissions is 17th October. Entry forms are available at http://tinyurl.com/padvtth.
Samsung’s Smart Signage & Networking Solutions Day (formerly LFD Day) will take place in Frankfurt this year, on 16th October. Visitors can view Samsung’s new displays, attend workshops and lectures and talk with Samsung partners. Register at http://tinyurl.com/nzfgkp5.
HDBaseT technology developer Valens has been recognised by Deloitte as one of the fastest-growing companies in Israel. Valens ranked third in Deloitte’s 2014 Technology Fast50 list, which is based on revenue growth over the last five years.
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